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CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 593,158, dated November 2, 189'?.

Application filed October 25, 1895. Serial No. 566,885. (No model.)

To @all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, GEORGE GEER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The cigarette-machine to which the invention that is herein described pertains is of that general class or type in Which the finelycut tobacco or stock is fed in charges into molds or matrices in which it is given a cigarette shape or form as a formed charge .of tobacco ready to receive the Wrapper While Within the mold and become a cigarette.

A leading object of the invention is to' provide cigarette-machines in which the chargeforming molds are arranged in a circular series, revoluble by a head which carries the molds and presents them in regular sequence to a stock-feeding mechanism, thence to the mechanism for placing the Wrappers on the charges While in the molds, thence to the mechanism for ejecting the cigarettes, and thence again to the stock-feedin g mechanism.

A further object of my invention is to provide charge shaping or forming molds of such construction that the radial part thereof at one side of the slot-opening can be swung away from the other radial part to permit of opening the mold.

A f urtherobject of my invention is to provide means for opening the molds and for feeding the unformed charges of stock thereinto.

Another object of my invention is to provide a cutter which consists of a frame that has only a vertical reciprocating movement and which carries a cutter-blade with it, which blade is hinged to have a forward-swinging movement and which will sever the charges of tobacco from the sheet thereof and also feed or thrust said severed charges into the molds.

A further object of my invention is to provide means for rotating the formed charge of stock in the mold and for transfixing it there while the grippers for rotating it are inserted therein.

.A further object of my invention is to provide improved means for inserting the Wrapper in the open-side molds and into engagement with the formed charges therein.

sides of the mold to render it easily removable; and a still further object of my invention is to provide a table for receiving each cigarette as it is ejected from the mold and for dofling them singly from the machine as they are received Without bending, crushing, or otherwise damaging their forms.

The novel structural peculiarities, novel organizations of parts, novel-combinations of parts, and the separate and collective operations of parts Whichare involved in carrying out the foregoing recited leading objects of my invention are hereinafter described and made the subject-matter of claims hereto appended.

In carrying out these leading objects of my invention in a con crete form or machine further improvements have been evolved than have been hereinbefore recited, which improvements consist in novel structural peculiarities, novel organizations of parts, and novel combinations of parts, the separate and collective operations of which parts, their structural peculiarities, novel organizations, and novel combinations are hereinafter fully described and respectively made the subjectmatter of claims hereto appended.

Mechanism embodying the preferred structural peculiarities of the different parts, the

preferred disposition of the different parts,

and the combinations forming the subjectmatter of my improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which.-

Figure lis a top plan of a cigarette-.inachine embodying my improvements With the shown parts in their normal relative positions as when at rest; Fig. 2, a front side elevation or elevation of the side at which the Wrappers are fed into the molds, the parts in same relative positions as at Fig. l; Fig. 3, an elevation showing the left-hand side of the machine, as shown at Fig. l, the parts in samerelative positions as at Fig. l; Fig.' 4, a sectional elevation of the feed-table and rear elevation of the balance of the machine, the parts in same relative positions as at Fig. l;

Fig. 5, a side elevation of the upper part-of the right-hand side of the machine or side opposite that shown at Fig. 3, the parts in same relative positions shown at Fig. 1; Fig. 6, an enlarged sectional elevation in line 6 6 in Fig. 2 and elevation of the sectorgear parts, the parts, as shown by full lines, in;

same relative positions'as at Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; Fig. 7, an enlarged oblique sectional plan in line 7 7 in Fig. 6; Fig. 8, an enlarged 5 central sectional elevation in line 8 8in Fig.

2, the parts shown in different relative positionslfrom Figs. 1 to 7, both inclusive; Fig.

9, a sectional elevation in line 9 9 in Fig. 11 and in same plane as one side of the molds and their carrying-head. This figure shows the presser-rollers removed and the presserblock turned upward out of workin g position. Fig. 10 is a sectional elevation in line 10 10 in Fig. 9. Certain parts are shown in elevation in this gnrethat are not shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a sectional elevation in line 11 11 in Fig. 8, shown with the presser-block, presser-rollers, and outer side parts removed; Fig. 12, a sectional elevation in line 12 1,2 in

Fig. 1, parts broken away, and presser-block.l

and rollers removed; Fig. 13, a sectional ele-i vation in same plane in Fig. 2 as is Fig. 8, butfy showing the parts in different relative positions from what is shown at Fig. 8; Fig. 14, same sectional elevation as Fig. 13, but showg ing the parts in different relative positions from what is shown at Figs. 8 or 13; Fig. 15, an enlarged front elevation of a portion of the parts shown at Fig. 2, but in different relative positions from what is shown at Fig. f

2; Fig. 16, a sectional plan in line 16 16 in Fig. 10; Fig. 17, a Sectional elevation in linei 17 17 in Fig. 15, a side elevation of the dofferi table and its immediate actuating mechanism,

and a side elevation showing the opposite side of crank-arm 27,'pawl 28, and spring 29 from their sides, as shown at Figs. 12 and 21; Fig. 18, an end elevation of the doffer-table and'. sectional elevation of partsin the line 18 18-in Fig. 17 V; Fig. 19,a sectional elevation of a mold, part of one arm of its carrying-head, the fork s for rotating the formed charge in the mold, also of the formed-charge transixing or holdi ing fork, and side elevation of the mechanism for tripping and holdin g'the charge-holding fork. Other intervening parts are not shown. Fig. 2O is the same as Fig. 19, but

shows the parts in dierent relative positions from what is shown at Fig. 19; Fig. 21, sideY elevation of a mold, of the stop for arresting and releasing the motion of the mold-carrying head, shown in its tripped position, and` ofthe stop-tripping mechanism; Fig. 22, a

sectional elevation of a mold and of the formed-charge rotators in line 22 22 in Fig. 19'; Fig. 23, a sectional elevation of a mold, charge therein, of the wrapper -table and other adjacent parts, and side elevation of the wrapper-side tucker or feeder and otherv adjacent parts; Fig. 24, same as Fig.-23, but

the parts yin different relative positions from what is shown at Fig. 23; Fig. 25, a front elevation, partly broken away, of the wrapperguide and feed-roller and its bracket-bearing; Fig. 26, a front elevation of the cutter, pressery block, and other adjacent parts seen from kfor rotating the grippers and other adjacent f their sides, confronting the rotary head and molds. The cutter in this ligure is shown in its raised or elevated position, and part of the framework is shown as removed to show Athe presser-rollerbeyond. Fig. 27 is a sectional plan in line 27 27 in Fig. 26, the cutter assumed to be in its lowest position, as shown at Fig. 13; Fig. 28, a top plan, partly broken away, of the friction clutch gearing and ratchet-gearing between the main powershaft and the cutting, feeding, pressing, and other parts rof the machine; Fig. 29, an enlarged plan of part of Fig. 28, broken away to show other parts; Fig. 30, same as Fig. 29, but parts in different relative positions from what is there shown; Fig. 31, a side elevation of the parts shown at Fig. 28 with the two pinions removed and the parts in rear thereof in same relative positions as in Fig. 30; Fig. 32, a rear elevation of the pinion shown at Figs. 29 and 30; Fig. 33, a sectional elevation of the pinion 5 and disk 38 in line 33 33 in Fig. 31; Fig. 34, an enlarged top plan of the stock-feeding table; Fig. 35, a perspective of the tucker and adjacent mold as formed for square wrappers; Fig. 36, a perspective of the alining mechanism for the charge-rotators.

rFhe reference letters and numerals herein used indicate, respectively, the same part in the different figures of the drawings. The curved arrows indicate without further description the direction of movements of parts, and where single figures of the drawings are referred to in the descriptive part of the specification such reference is only intended to point out a figure in which the specific parts referred to are wellshown, and other figures may show the same part.

The letter A designates the side frame-bars, and a transverse bars, of the framework of my machine, which framework may be of any suitable construction.

Continuous rotary motion while the machine is in operation is given to the drivingshaft 1, which for that purpose receives the action of any suitable power through the pulley 2, Fig. 2, or otherwise, and the pinion 3, xed to said shaft, Fig. 3, in turn gives continuous rotary motion, through the pinion 4, to a pinion 5, loosely mounted on a cam-shaft 6, and also by same means gives continuous rotary motion to a pinion 7, loosely mounted on the mold-carryin g shaft 8. A head 9, fixed to the shaft 8, has a series of arms 10 projectin g radially therefrom. ln the present example four such arms are shown, Figs. 8 and 9, but their number maybe varied by adapting other parts thereto. Each of the arms 10 consists of a janr 11, fixed to the head 9, and a jaw 12, hinged to the same head and held in'closc Contact with the iiXed jaw 11 by a spring 13.

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The confronting faces of the two jaws of the and coincident whenthe jaws are closed,v

whereby they form a cavity or mold 16 of substantially circular form in its cross-section and slightly open at its outer side, where the two jaws do not quite meet, and also preferably about one-fourth of an inch longer than a completed cigarette, so that when trimmed od at their ends the cigarettes will be of standard lengths. In these molds the nnformed charges of tobacco stock or filler are formed into cylindrical charges each ready to receive its wrapper while still within the mold, all as hereinafter described. A diaphragm 17 is fixed at one end to one of the jaws 11 or 12, and its other end extends into a recess in the other jaw, Fig. 24, so as to slide ont and in therein, respectively, when the jaws are opened or closed and at all times prevent any of the charges of tobacco stock from escaping from either mold into the interspace between the jaws 11 and 12. A series of perforations 1S extend through one of the jaws, in this instance the ixed jaw 11, into the cavity or `mold for purposes hereinafter described.

A detent or mold-stop 19, fixed to an oscillating shaft 20, is by a trip mechanism hereinafter described intermittently swung into the path of the outer ends of the arms 10, and each arm 10 as it follows another in regular sequence comes into contact with the detent 19, Figs. 13 and 1.4,whereby the rotation of the shaft 8 and revolution of the molds is arrested and said parts held at rest while a charge of tobacco stock is fed to one mold, the wrapper applied to the formed charge in'another mold, and the ejector operated in another, and this detent 19 is tripped into and out of engagement with said arms snccessionally and the revoluble movement of the molds made intermitting by said tripping mechanism, and by means of an ordinary friction-clutch, in which in the present instanceone member thereof-a disk 21 fixed to the mold-shaft S-is kept in frictional contact with the other membera loose pinion 7-by means, Fig. 2S, of an interposed leather annulus 22 or other suitable means fixed to said disk or to the pinion '7. The force of this frictional contact is adjustable by adj usting the stub-screw bolt 23, Fig. 1, which screws into the end of the shaft S to force the spring-platev 24: into more or less forcible contact with the outer face ofthe pinion 7, and thereby hold said pinion in such f rictional contact with the disk 21 that the rotation of the drivin g-shaft 1 will rotate the mold-shaft 8 and carry the molds around in their orbital paths until one of the molds comes in contact with the detent 19, when the frictional contact vbetween the disk 2l and the pinion 7 will permit said pinion to continue revolving, while the disk 21, shaft S, and the molds remain at rest. The detent 19 will thus hold the shaft S and the molds until by the foot of an operator on the foot-piece 2721 at the lower end of the longer arm of the treadle 2G said treadle is given its complete forward throwin the direction shown by the full-line arrow at Fig. 17 and has about completed its return -throw in the direction shown bythe dot-line arrow at Fig. 12, as hereinafter described. The treadle 26 is in form a bell-crank lever an d is journaled at its bend on the drive-shaft 1, from which its shorter arm projects radially, as a crank-arm 27, Figs. 12 and 17. A push-pawl 28, pivoted to a slightly-proj ectin g part of the arm 27 and projecting upwardly therefrom, is held against backward movement, Fig. 17, by a stop 30, with which an arm projecting from the pawl 28 comes in contact, while permitted to yield in an opposite direction for operation on a ratchet-wheel, as hereinafter described. As the treadle 26 completes its return throw the pawl 28 is brought into contact with one of the teeth of the ratchet-wheel 31, Fig. 12, and

rotates said ratchet-wheel the angular distance of one of its teeth to the position shown at Fig. 21. In this last-described movement of said ratchet-wheel another tooth thereof acting as a tappet presses back the outer end of a crank-arm 32, Fig. 21, the proximate end .of which crank-arm is fixed to the shaft 20, so that said backward movement of the cranle arm 32 swings the detent 19 from beneath the mold, and thereby permits the shaft S to commence revolving the molds through the frictional clutch-gear between the constantly-rotating pinion 7 andthe disk 21. Immediately after the escape of a mold from the detent 19 by the action of its tripping mechanism-4 4treadle 2G, pawl 28, and arm .S2- the tooth of the ratchet-wheel 31 last engaged with the arm 32 being moved from beneath said arm the spring 33 will immediately retract or swing the arm toward the ratchet-wheel into its normal position, Fig. 12, behind the tooth which last acted on it, and this movement of the arm 32 will through the medium of the shaft 2O swing the detent 19 immediately into position for contact with the next succeeding mold to that last acted on by it.

Each partial rotation of the shaft 8, hereinbefore described, turns the disk 2l one- A fourth of a'completc rotation, as hereinbefore described, and near the termination of such movements of the disk 21 the tappets 34, projecting radially from the disk 21, Fig. 31, successionally come in contact with the inclined or cam-faced side of the head 35 on one end of a bell-crank lever 3G, which is pivoted at its bend to the'framework, and force said bell-crank lever into the position shown by dot-lines at same figure, thus raising the end of the bell-crank trip or lever opposite the head 35 out of the notch 37 in the periphery of the disk 3S to release said disk and at the same time raising the two-army fork 39, carried by the arm 36, from contact as a detent, as shown at Fig. 30, with a laterallymoving spring-actuated pawl 40, as seen at Fig 29, and thereby permitting said pawl to move laterally into engagement with one of IOO IlO 

